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Android Table Layout

The document discusses using a TableLayout in Android to arrange views into rows and columns. A TableLayout contains TableRow elements to define rows, and each row can hold views. The document provides an example of using a TableLayout with TextViews, TextClock, EditTexts, RatingBar and Button widgets.

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Android Table Layout

The document discusses using a TableLayout in Android to arrange views into rows and columns. A TableLayout contains TableRow elements to define rows, and each row can hold views. The document provides an example of using a TableLayout with TextViews, TextClock, EditTexts, RatingBar and Button widgets.

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Android Table Layout

Android TableLayout going to be arranged groups of views into rows and


columns. You will use the <TableRow> element to build a row in the table.
Each row has zero or more cells; each cell can hold one View object.

TableLayout containers do not display border lines for their rows, columns, or cells.

TableLayout Attributes
Following are the important attributes specific to TableLayout −

Example
This example will take you through simple steps to show how to create your own
Android application using Table Layout. Follow the following steps to modify the
Android application we created in Hello World Example chapter −
Following is the content of the modified main activity file
src/com.example.demo/MainActivity.java. This file can include each of the
fundamental lifecycle methods.

package com.example.demo;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {


@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

Following will be the content of res/layout/activity_main.xml file −

<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<TextView
android:text="Time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="1" />

<TextClock
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textClock"
android:layout_column="2" />

</TableRow>
<TableRow>

<TextView
android:text="First Name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="1" />

<EditText
android:width="200px"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</TableRow>

<TableRow>

<TextView
android:text="Last Name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="1" />

<EditText
android:width="100px"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</TableRow>

<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<RatingBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/ratingBar"
android:layout_column="2" />
</TableRow>

<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Submit"
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_column="2" />
</TableRow>

</TableLayout>

Following will be the content of res/values/strings.xml to define two new


constants −

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


<resources>
<string name="app_name">HelloWorld</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
</resources>

Let's try to run our modified Hello World! application we just modified. I assume
you had created your AVD while doing environment setup. To run the app from
Android Studio, open one of your project's activity files and click Run

icon from the toolbar. Android studio installs the app on your AVD and starts it and if
everything is fine with your setup and application, it will display following Emulator
window −

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